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- 1 From Introductory Armor-Piercing Defense to Mastery of Integrated Firepower 从甲弹对抗入门到信火一体精通 All descriptions of weapons and equipment in this work are based on publicly available information, combined with some personal speculation. This work represents only the author's personal views and should not be cited as a source. It contains no leaked information. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Operation Stepping Stone 2026 垫脚石行动2026 In 2026, the situation in the eastern Mediterranean teeters on the brink of chaos. A small fortress nation that still flies the red cedar flag is caught between a powerful southern neighbor, a terrorist-controlled zone to the east, foreign peacekeeping forces, and pressure from the great powers. A military plan called Operation Stepping Stone is taking shape. The southern neighbor is preparing to advance into the border buffer zone, while another great power’s special operations forces launch co 581Reads—Score13014d adds
- 3 The Eagle Has Landed to Arrest the President, What Should I Do? 鹰酱空降逮捕总统，我该怎么办？ [Espionage + 21st-century Cold War + US-Soviet rivalry + Warsaw Pact and NATO + intelligence operations + regime change] Also known as The Red Covenant’s Overseas Intelligence Chief Doesn’t Believe in Tears, I’m Disguised as a Mercenary, So My Ex-Agent Girlfriend Won’t Find Me, and Trust Me, I Definitely Won’t Use Red Revolution Tactics to Overthrow the Government. After transmigrating to the 21st century, Roman, stationed overseas in an oil-producing country on behalf of the Red Covenant, faces 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Military Region Operations Department: Rotational Warfare in Southern Yunnan 军区作战部：滇南轮战 The Military Region Operations Department is a long-running novel series, and this is one of its volumes. The Military Region Operations Department receives orders to organize two divisions and deploy them to Yunnan for rotational duty. Through transport, defensive deployments, and field exercises, the troops train hard, build effective positions, and make the most of their strengths to successfully complete their rotation mission! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Those Who Set Sail Again 再度启航的人们 Historical chronicle style & post-apocalyptic & alternate universe A war nearly wiped out humanity. But we must set sail once more. If you enjoy historical fiction or alternate-history stories, please give this one a try. I’m a new author, and my writing is very likely to leave a lot to be desired, so I’d appreciate any pointers. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Jiawu: Transmigrate! 甲午：穿越！ A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Aura: Silent Omniscience 光环：静默通晓 His weapon is understanding. That understanding stems from a dual inheritance: a blood feud and a mission from this world, and a foreign soul and its memories from another. Caught between orders to hunt and the truth about civilization, this conflicted perception leaves him facing an impossible choice at every turn. It begins with a cold-blooded assassination deep within the Star Alliance ruins, then descends into the hell of a collapsing City of Love, and finally reaches a shattered galaxy ri 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Cold War 1984: The Tragedy of East Asia 冷战1984：东亚之殇 Cold War + alternate history The tide of history crushes flesh and blood in the trenches. Every desperate charge leads only to an inevitable downfall. 1984: The north wind crosses the river, and there is no return from the peninsula... (The protagonist will appear later. This book mainly lays the groundwork and covers some of the story.) 205Reads—Score13714d adds
- 9 China's Counterterrorism Forces 中国反恐部队 The story of a group of passionate university students and a Chinese counterterrorism officer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Blood of the Azure Sky 苍穹血 Everyone called Yang Yizhi a reckless playboy, the most worthless spoiled young master in Shanghai. The eldest legitimate grandson of Jiangnan's richest family, he had mastered internal force in his youth and learned Wudang martial arts, yet spent his days roaming Shanghai's pleasure quarters. He squandered money, indulged in wine and women, and was unbeatable at the gambling table. Everyone laughed that he craved wealth and luxury, had no love for his country, and would never shoulder responsib 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Total Confrontation: The Storm Is Brewing 全面对抗之山雨欲来 I gave this book the wrong title. It should have been called "Total Confrontation: Modern Joint Command Operations". But never mind, maybe I can change it later. This book has no System, no golden finger, and no overpowered hero. It’s a realistic, hard-edged military novel. I’m aiming to depict a full-spectrum confrontation across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace under near-future conditions. The characters mainly serve the development of the situation, so they’re not especially deeply deve 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Trigger Point: Dawn of Fire 导火线：炮火黎明 Modern warfare + evenly matched sides + no mindless favoritism toward either side + military + novel-style storytelling + aerial combat This book follows the setting of its prequel, Peninsula Crisis: Dawn of Artillery Fire, and takes place during the historical event known as the “Fuse” in 2032. After the war on the peninsula, the global order undergoes new changes, and a third major worldwide conflict is about to begin. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events 436Reads—Score10414d adds
- 13 2017: Decisive Battle for the Asia-Pacific 2017，决战亚太 “War is a matter of vital importance to the state, a place of life and death, a path to survival or ruin. It must be examined with the utmost care.”, The Art of War, “Initial Estimations” In the seventeenth year of the twenty-first century, a conflict breaks out in Goryeo, the last remnant of the Cold War. 98Reads—Score11214d adds
- 14 The Shield of Anatolia 安纳托利亚之盾 #Hardcore Military #Alternate History #Cold War Hot Conflict #Ensemble Cast In August 1994, on the Anatolian Plateau, only two things came cheap: basalt cracked by the blazing sun, and lives churned up by tank treads. There are no satellite-guided weapons here, no heroic action-show protagonists, and no saviors. Only blind exchanges of fire between Soviet 125 mm smoothbore cannons and American 105 mm rifled guns. As an iron tide from the north surges across the border, a college student who only 297Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Bloody Battle in the Southeastern Mountains 血战东南山 The biting sea wind swept past the window of the J-16D. Chang Tian looked ahead at the white glint on the wings of the Weilon 013. Their sole mission was to destroy the air defenses on the southeastern island and clear a path for the airborne troops behind them. At the same time, Yue Tongyi, a veteran tank commander, climbed aboard a Type 99A main battle tank with the new recruits Li Jianwei and Gao Haoyu. The tank rolled into the rear cargo bay of a Y-20… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Push for Fulda, 1994 冲击富尔达1994 [Alternate history] [Cold war and hot war] [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact] [Fulda Gap] [Steel tide] [Ensemble war story] [No System] 1994. The Cold War never ended. The Soviet Union still exists. The Warsaw Pact still exists. The Berlin Wall still exists. NATO launches its annual REFORGER-94 reinforcement exercise, sending US heavy armor back to West Germany. In March, the Warsaw Pact announces Exercise Spring Thunder-94, and the Soviet Western Group of Forces begins moving forward. Both sides insist it’ 2.4kReads—Score38314d adds
- 17 SOG: The Copperhead Files SOG：铜头蛇档案 [Military + No System + Jungle Survival + Cold War Suspense] 1968, west of the 17th parallel, on the Laotian border. This was a blank spot that didn’t exist on any map, and a meat grinder. Earl, a miner’s son from Kentucky, was recruited into MACV-SOG (Studies and Observations Group), assigned to the “Copperhead” team. Carrying a PRC-25 radio and wielding a sawed-off XM177, he searched for a way to survive in this hostile green hell. During a reconnaissance mission codenamed “Charlie Tango,” the 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Military Fiction Short Story Collection 军事小说短篇合集 A collection of military short stories. From the trenches of World War I and the steel tide of World War II, to standoffs beneath the shadow of the Cold War and asymmetric conflicts on modern battlefields. There are no limits on the subject matter. Realistic and fictional stories stand side by side, their settings changing with the times and their characters with the battlefields. Some tell of a failed offensive, others of a defense no one remembers. Some may be nothing more than the day one sol 172Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Shattering the Sky: I’m the True God of Fighter Jets 粉碎天空：我才是战机之神 [Aerial Combat] [Feel-Good Story] [System] [Xuanhuan] [Eerie] Kaka used to be a college student who drifted through life in a daze. Then one day, after getting carried away pleasuring himself in his dorm, he woke up at the controls of an old fighter plane on a battlefield in the War of Resistance against Japan. His instincts tell him he can only return after clearing the game. Until then, Kaka is trapped in a cycle of crashing and being shot down. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Snow White, Blood Red: Full-Band Jamming 雪白血红：全频带阻塞 When an electronic storm covering the entire spectrum, “full-band blocking interference,” swept across the battlefield, the central nervous system of modern warfare was severed in an instant. Satellites went dark, radar was blinded, and communications were cut off. The steel behemoths that depended on information technology became scrap metal. On the frozen, snow-white battlefield, warfare abruptly regressed to its most primitive form: hand-to-hand combat. Enemy and allied soldiers alike were tr 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Red Aegean, 1985 1985红色爱琴海 War + Cold War-style conflict + military + ensemble cast In 1985, NATO and the Warsaw Pact went to war on all fronts, and the fighting spread from Western Europe to the Aegean Sea. The whole world watched the main front in Germany. Nobody cared how many infantrymen died on an unnamed mountain road in northern Greece. Nikos, the only son of a Greek shopkeeper. Jan Tam, the only Estonian son in the Soviet military. They should have served their time and gone home to live their lives. But then war 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Nuclear Ashes: Origins 核烬：起源 The story returns to where it all began: the White Elephant Nation. A deadly terrorist attack targeting the White Elephant government. Just as the White Elephant military and police believed they had the situation under control, the terrorists unleashed a mysterious viral weapon. The dead began to rise in a bizarre fashion, launching indiscriminate, primal attacks and tearing into every living thing around them... Behind this bloody terrorist attack, an even deeper conspiracy was at work. The Wh 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 A Military Science and Technology Primer: A Fascinating Look at Military Uniforms 军事科技知识普及丛书军服趣谈 This is a popular science book exploring military technology. 6Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 24 Don't Be Afraid, Nephew. Your Uncle Found a Softshell Turtle to Help You 侄子别怕，你叔找了鳖来帮你 This is an alternate-universe storyline. In the seventh year of the second decade of the 21st century, tensions flare between the two Koreas beside Seres. I can't do the synopsis justice, so please head straight to the story. I came up with the title before I knew any better, so don't mind it (sob). 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Seven Days to the Rhine, 1990 七日抵达莱茵河1990 [Alternate-history war + ensemble cast] Summer, 1990. At a pivotal fork in the road, the train of history switched to a different track. The red bear that had made the world tremble for half a century did not stumble and fall amid the storm. Instead, it bared its sharpest claws. A supreme directive from the East set in motion the largest, most sophisticated war machine in human history. From the icy breakers of the Baltic Sea to the towering snowlines of the Alps, an iron tide amassed over forty 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Sky-Shrouding Assault 蔽空突击 Modern aerial combat + fictional military setting + military hardware + joint operations + great-power rivalry + fighter-versus-fighter battles In 2026, the world was almost exactly like ours, except for “carbon uranium.” This substance could provide astonishing amounts of energy, but it could also turn an entire airspace into a “blind zone,” where equipment failed, radars went dark, and missiles became useless. In such an area, beyond-visual-range combat quickly became impossible. Pilots might 408Reads—Score11114d adds
- 27 Operation Broken Arrow: Strange Illusions 断箭行动：奇异幻境 The Black Friday Incident erupted, and Lin Xiade was swept up in it just after getting off work. When he woke up, he was already in Leshmore. Headquarters has already decided: you'll be the commander! "Commander Lin Xiade, hello. This is your first day on the job. I'm Captain Malashenko of the Leshmore Border District General Staff. Allow me to brief you on the situation we're facing..." When the BTR-80 rolls through the woods at dawn; when the 2S6's main gun shatters the afternoon calm; when a 516Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 28 My Shadow Looms Behind the Actions of Every Nation 世界各国行动都有我的影子 Entebbe’s “Operation Hercules,” the SAS “Operation Nimrod” in 1980, the 1994 F Airlines hijacking... The cold voice of a machine tears through Zhong Mu’s ordinary life, as the System inserts him into the scenes of some of the most devastating military operations of the modern era. He is no longer a bystander to history, but flesh and blood beneath the barrage of fire. Caught in the vortex of rescuing others and being rescued, he experiences war in its most primal form, leaving scars that can nev 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Operation Northern Frontier 北界行动 Special forces operative Hummingbird and a state security partner venture deep into the frozen lands of the far north, crossing borders to rescue a genetic scientist kidnapped by foreign forces. Betrayed by an insider and surrounded by mercenaries, they fight to the death in the frozen wilderness. Every breakout is a brush with death; every counterattack comes at a terrible cost. This deadly contest across the far northern border is nowhere near its end. This book is a companion to "Border Actio 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 You Like the Northern Expedition? Then Go Preach Your Fire-and-Unification Theory! 喜欢北伐？跟我信火一体说去吧！ [No female lead + Transmigrate into a book + No System] (It’s normal for the rating to be low at first.) “War is a matter of vital importance to the state, a domain of life and death, a path to survival or ruin. It is imperative that it be studied.”, The Art of War, “Laying Plans” In 2025, on Blue Star in a parallel novel world, a global military competition for high school students is in full swing. At this time, two brothers from Earth, Zhu Yue and Zhu Xiuyuan, unexpectedly transmigrate to thi 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Project Red Eyes: Beneath the Sky That Belongs to the People 赤瞳计划，在那片属于人民的天空 [Transmigration] [Gender Swap] [No System] [Hardcore] [Not Mindless] [Red] Also known as "Even as a Fox-Eared Girl, I Must Protect the People's Sky". Lin Ka died from working overtime, only to wake up as a fox girl. His greatest achievement in his previous life was ranking in the top ten worldwide in "Thunder War". In this life, she can't even control her fur from bristling. Before she had a chance to figure anything out, gunshots rang out. The political commissar reached out to her. “You're a v 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Horizon We Share: Warplanes and Fox Tails 同行的天际：战机与狐尾 [Military + Romance + Alternate History + Everyday Life] In 1990, an unknown disaster called the “Devourer Swarm” descended. Conventional weapons were almost completely ineffective against it, and human civilization collapsed overnight. In their darkest hour, a tiny number of people awakened as “Wing Callers.” Their soul-deep convictions could condense into tokens, which then took physical form as standard fighter planes from the early days of World War II. Only the firepower of these planes cou 566Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 33 Transported to Another World, I Founded Its First Special Forces Unit! 穿进异世界，成立首支特种部队！ Ron, a special forces soldier driven to the brink of suicide, transmigrated. He found himself in a shopping mall under terrorist attack. Ron couldn’t stand by and do nothing. But, to his utter surprise, he thought he’d only done what needed to be done. Instead, the daughter of a great noble in this kingdom specially recruited him as an instructor at the Royal Military Police Academy! After learning about the country’s military forces, Ron understood why. As outrageous as it sounded... The truth 1.6kReads7.2Score20514d adds
- 34 Dragonflame Special Forces: Above All Nations 龙焱特种部队：万国之上 Every appearance is merely an empty shell. Every rule in motion hides unseen undercurrents; every calm facade conceals a web of tangled, secret checks and balances. Layers of overlapping circles nest within one another, hidden threads silently intertwine, and invisible channels stretch across territories and seep into every fiber, quietly plotting in places no one can see. Interests shift without a sound, desires pull in secret, and every outcome has long been quietly marked out in the shadow 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Ghost Recon: The Shepherd's Legend 幽灵行动之牧羊人传奇 The middle-aged homebody Mu Yangren unexpectedly transmigrates into a game world one day and becomes the commander of the Phantom Squad, a top-secret special forces unit in Country M. Leading three elite soldiers on various classified missions, he finds himself in a “game world” where he can pick up weapons and pilot fighter jets... But is it really just a virtual game...? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 History Begins in 1979 历史从1979开始 A flight of fancy + traveling between worlds + realistic style. No mindless protagonist or convoluted scheming. It’s probably a story about an ordinary person who keeps growing after gaining a golden finger. First instance: China and the Soviet Union, 1979: Dragon and Bear (short arc) Second instance: Strange Tales of the Republican Era, a great tide begins to rise. The urban main storyline continues to unfold. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Welcome to the Military Channel: This Episode, an In-Depth Breakdown 欢迎来到军事频道：本期为您精讲 [Commentary + Military Knowledge + Weapons + Military Enthusiast + War + Technological Development] Welcome to Lin Yuan's Military Channel. In this episode, I'll take an in-depth look at: My name is Lin Yuan, and I'm a transmigrator. I've been in this parallel world for three years. Its history is almost identical to Earth's, but all the countries have different names: the Northvia Federation, the Griffin Empire, and the Republic of Gaul. In this world, no one has ever systematically examined t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Ace Combat Z 皇牌空战Z This is a Strangereal World, a place where war never ends and friction between nations is commonplace. Amid all these conflicts, a group of people soars through the skies above. They take pride in their kill counts and settle the score with the purest aerial combat skills, never hesitating to risk their lives for it. (A novel set in the world of Ace Combat. The protagonist is original, while everything else will stick as closely to the source material as possible. There may be some out-of-charac 262Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Silent Thunderbolt: The 57th Air Battle 沉默的霹雳之五七空战 Silent Thunderbolt: The May 7 Air Battle 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Welcome to the 21st Century 欢迎来到21世纪 WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY After the Falklands War ends, crises erupt in Mozambique, the Hunger Federation, the Middle East, Japan, and the North and South Korean states. How will the PEA, formed by Song, China, and other nations, respond? 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Modern Military 现代军事 Chinese Military Encyclopedia is a sweeping work that brings the history of China’s military to life. Drawing on the findings of domestic historical research, it brings together a wealth of military texts and images preserved throughout China’s long history, offering a vivid account of the development of Chinese military history and introducing its fundamentals from a variety of perspectives. Its coverage spans every field of China’s military affairs. 14Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 42 The Peninsula Crisis: Dawn of Fire 半岛危机：炮火黎明 Winter 2030. A massive battle erupted on the East Asian peninsula, nearly igniting World War III. History would call it the Peninsula War. The players fought and maneuvered like chess masters, while their pawns struggled to distinguish themselves and become the new masters of history. Every nation had its own hidden agenda. How events would unfold, and who would win or lose, would be left to history to judge. An alternate history. 130Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 43 KARDS Archives: The Story Behind Every Card kards档案每个卡牌的故事 The story in each chapter is fictional and not entirely true. There is no absolute protagonist here. Only soldiers fighting for their country, their families, and their people. We should view history with sound judgment, objectively and dialectically, joke about it responsibly, and cherish the lives we have today. The material is based on the Kards World War II card game. 288Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Arknights: The War of Ursus 明日方舟：乌萨斯的战争 Through a political compromise in Saint Junburg, the Ursus Fourth Army crossed the subspace and carved out new territory for Ursus. But this time, it seems they've run into a real challenge. The Russian Federation versus Ursus. The rational, carefully considered plot has little connection to the main story. Kazdel will be brought into the story later. 2.3kReads8.1Score15914d adds
- 45 Parasitic Catastrophe: Hunting the Deep-Space Broodmother 寄生浩劫，逐猎深空母兽 A parasitic catastrophe descends from the heavens. Jun Ling pilots a mech, slaughtering mutated beasts and impostors. Humanity has a comprehensive air defense system, a century of aerospace achievements, and military resources for global warfare. It has a full 128-day advance warning window. But geopolitical conflicts drain the firepower of the war zones, and humanity’s infighting ultimately breaks through civilization’s defenses. Once the spores hit the ground, only the cruelest, most unsparing 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 From the Heart of Darkness Emerges an Unrivaled Hero 一片黑暗中，走出一个盖世英雄 On the chessboard, the pieces have no control over their own moves. In the darkness, one conspiracy after another comes to light. War rages and lives are laid waste, as one nation after another becomes a casualty of the conspiracy. In the pitch-black darkness, just as the entire Holy Phil Empire on the planet Raul in the Fairy Plane is about to fall under the rule of sinister forces, he brings light and hope! He is the ultimate hero, the savior of the Holy Phil Empire: Asenna Yilei! 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Arknights: Visitors from the West 明日方舟：西方来客 [Hardcore] [Military] [Arknights] This book uses a style similar to documentary military literature to depict young soldiers taking part in modern warfare on the continent of Terra. A few words from the author beforehand, in plain language. You may find yourself deeply immersed as you read. However, because of my personal writing philosophy, the story may not have an obvious hook at the beginning to keep you reading. You may find it difficult to empathize with the characters. That's normal. This 270Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Great Ryukyu Naval Battle: A Landlocked Sea 以陆引海之琉球大海战 The Great Ryukyu Naval Battle, with Lu Yin Leading the Fleet 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Outpost in Another World: Liberation 异世界前哨：解放 [A hard-core PLA transmigration adventure] An organized medium-sized combined-arms brigade transmigrates to a magical world. The moment the JH-7 drops its first bomb, the campaign to liberate this otherworld begins. This is the sequel to Otherworld Outpost: The Iron Plow. 667Reads—Score10214d adds
- 50 Red Cocoon Apocalypse: I Summon a Million Liberation Army Soldiers 红茧末世我召唤百万解放军 On the first day Chen Yan woke up, the world told him: ninety percent of the population was infected. The Red Cocoon Virus had brought about the end of the world, and the cities were hunting grounds for red corpses. All he had was a battered rooftop, a military uniform, and the “National Defense Mobilization System” in his head. The System said: kill red corpses, earn merit, summon the People's Liberation Army. An infantry squad, eight people, eight guns. Clear buildings, rescue people, estab 7Reads—Score—14d adds
